The patch titled Subject: device property: convert to use match_string() helper has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: device property: convert to use match_string() helper The new helper returns index of the mathing string in an array. We would use it here. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/property.c | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/base/property.c~device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper drivers/base/property.c --- a/drivers/base/property.c~device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper +++ a/drivers/base/property.c @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ int fwnode_property_match_string(struct const char *propname, const char *string) { const char **values; - int nval, ret, i; + int nval, ret; nval = fwnode_property_read_string_array(fwnode, propname, NULL, 0); if (nval < 0) @@ -664,13 +664,7 @@ int fwnode_property_match_string(struct if (ret < 0) goto out; - ret = -ENODATA; - for (i = 0; i < nval; i++) { - if (!strcmp(values[i], string)) { - ret = i; - break; - } - } + ret = match_string(values, nval, string); out: kfree(values); return ret; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are lib-string-introduce-match_string-helper.patch device-property-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch pinctrl-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch drm-edid-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch power-charger_manager-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch power-ab8500-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch ata-hpt366-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch ide-hpt366-convert-to-use-match_string-helper.patch lib-string_helpers-export-string_units_210-for-others.patch lib-string_helpers-fix-indentation-in-few-places.patch x86-efi-use-proper-units-in-efi_find_mirror.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html